better than audi or jeep.
Similar here. 07 GTI with 105k miles. I had the dash replaced under warranty. Otherwise, pretty much zero issues.
We own a Prius V (wifey's car, we got a very good deal on it, friend is sales mgr at Toyota dealer). Great gas economy if you primarily drive around town (52MPG avg spring, summer, fall) and 46MPG winter. We've been getting an avg of 620 miles per tank. It sure is nice to fill the tank (11.9 gal), drive for almost 2 weeks, and only pay like $45 to fill up. But it is a DOG with acceleration, and fuel economy declines on the highway (to about 45MPG), no matter the season. I like the car, there are some cool features I've come to like with driving a Hybrid, also, it is the same exact interior volume as the Subaru Outback it replaced.
interesting about your highway miles....the one summer my younger brother and his wife came to NC about 4 years ago....they rented a prius....it took them just over 2 tanks of gas to drive out...
i am curious. how does one break a dash?
they crack.
My Wrangler runs like a swiss watch. If the Subaru was half as reliable I wouldn't already be looking to replace it.
sorry, i tend to ignore anything mmike was involved in
Your Prius V on the highway doing 40-45 mpg on regular unleaded is probably as cheap per mile as a VW TDI doing 45-50 mpg on supra-premium-priced diesel... and the hybrid will kill the diesel in the city.
I say tree fiddy is a reasonable offer. Take it or leave it.I think I'm going to try and talk the litle woman into a Leaf this weekend. 0% for 72 months. If I can get even 4 grand out of the Impreza we'd have a payment of less than 300 a month, minus what ever we'd be saving on gas and however much I can talk them down.
you forgot to account for how much your electric bill will go upI think I'm going to try and talk the litle woman into a Leaf this weekend. 0% for 72 months. If I can get even 4 grand out of the Impreza we'd have a payment of less than 300 a month, minus what ever we'd be saving on gas and however much I can talk them down.
According to teh interwebz, national average is $40 a month.
That would double my monthy bill.
It didn't actually break. The LCD display would fade in and out mostly in hot weather. Naturally that required the entire dash assembly to be replaced.
Jesus, either your meter is broken or your elctricty is stupid cheap. I averaged ours out because I'm also looking at Solar again, and our monthly average for the last 12 months is $92.37 per.
No electricity-wasting children....
Wow. I live with my GF, no kids. Neither of us is home that much, gas dryer/HWH, no AC, LED bulbs, etc and I'm generally in the $50-$90 range.
just a gf who is a slob where her car is concerned.
I fail to see the connection between that and electricity consumption. Though a 2.5gal Shop-Vac running for 20 minutes might cost about $0.15. I'm going to have to talk to her. Thanks Steve!
Agreed. If we were always logging Highway miles, the VW TDi would have been high on the list...
Agreed. I do like that the '13 model has a "EV" selection button...I always try to tease the accelerator to see how long I can keep it in EV mode. I kinda wish they offered a plug-in option for the V.
out of the 4 hours you spent detailing her car....you only spent 20 minutes vacuuming?
The first hour was spent removing receipts, tissues, lip gloss and shoes....
So long as she's a slob when it comes to the knob as well he should have no problems.
New to account for the double dipping $7500 Federal and $6000 Colorado EV tax credits? Or used to be properly frugal? If you buy a used out of state/never registered in CO LEAF you can still claim a partial state tax credit based on your purchase price, FYI.I think I'm going to try and talk the litle woman into a Leaf this weekend. 0% for 72 months. If I can get even 4 grand out of the Impreza we'd have a payment of less than 300 a month, minus what ever we'd be saving on gas and however much I can talk them down.
We average over 4 miles per kWh. Let's call it 300 Wh/mi to be fair and account for some charging inefficiency. 1000 miles per month at 0.3 kWh/mi x $0.10 per kWh ==> $30/month. **** be cheap, yo, as long as the **** you're talking about is running costs, not acquiring the thing in the first place.
must spread rep.
What the hell you got in that house? A super-collider?? Our elec over the last 24 months is $77/mo average and we have 3 kids and now a hot tub.
Colorado Springs Utilities is granting me a ton of Freedom® apparently. Average daily use is 27.3kwh. According to this, that puts us just below average.What the hell you got in that house? A super-collider?? Our elec over the last 24 months is $77/mo average and we have 3 kids and now a hot tub.
Dang... we are at 23kwh/day. You got an electric dryer and/or hot water heater?
Both actually.
